Sliding bin.



No. 823,784. PATBNTEDJ'UNE19,1906. A

W. o. HORNBR.

SLIDING BIN.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.7, 1905.

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. WILLIAM c. HORNER, "oFINDIAivAPoLIs, INDIANA', iissijofiv'oit.roy

n CHARLES P. MCDOUGALL., or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

T a/ZZ whom, 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C.V IIORNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Sliding Bins, of which the ollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple yet eflicient sliding-bin structure e'specially designed for kitchen-cabinets in which the outer end of the bin vwill be projected downward as the bin is drawn from the casing, the mechanism being such that the bin cannot becomev accidentally discon-V nected from its supportingymeans, but also such thatvit may be very easily disconnected when in one position, so as to b e withdrawn entirely from the inclosing casing `to facilitate cleaning. p

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of'an embodiment of my invention, the bin being closed. Fig. .2 is a similar view with the bin open. Fig. 3 is a detail, on a larger scale, on line 33 of Fig. 2A; and Fig. 4, a perspective of the hanger. I

In the drawings, 10 indicates a suitable' inclosing casinghaving a compartment 11, within which the sliding bin 12 is mounted. The bin 12 is slidably supported at its outer lower Vcorner u on a roller or wheels 14, while at each inner ower corner it carriesa plate 15, provided with a pin 16, which lies substantially at right angles to the direction of desired motion of thebin and is adapted to be received by the adjacent hooked lower end 17 of a hanger 18, pivoted at its upper end at 19 in the compartment 11. U

In order to prevent accidental disassociation of the pins 16 and hooks 17 each plate 15 carries a guard-flange-15, ,which is so arranged with relation to pin 16 that when the bin is in closed position, as shown in Fig. 4, and the hanger 18 is in its rearmost and normal position the inner end of the bin 1.2 may be tilted up, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the roller 14 serving as a fulcrum, and the pins 1 6 withdrawn from the ho oks 17 but the ilange .15/ is proj ected tosuch a pointbeneath the pin 16 that so soon as the bin 12 is drawn bodily forward over roller 14 and pins 16 l thereby draw the lower end of the hanger 18 forward and upward each flange 15 will,

swing beneath the adjacenthooked end 17 of the hanger 18, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, and thus reventvthe withdrawal of the pins 16 from t eir'associated hooks 17.

It will be noticed that the point of possible separation of the ins from the hangers is that in which the angers occupy their normal position and that the movement of the bin to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 does not distribute the hanger so that it is possible to reassociate the pins 16 and the hanger by a very simple movement without difficulty and without the necessity of the operator seeing the parts.

Under normal conditions when the bin 12 is pulled outward it will slide freely on the roller 14, and "owing to the connection between the bin'and the hanger 18 the inner end of the bin will be lthrown upward as it is drawn forward, and the outer end of the bin will therefore be tilted down as it comes to its open position, the forward movement of the bin being limited either by engagement ofthe inner upper corner `of the bin with the casing or by a sufficient movement to bring the pins 16 into alinement with the rollery 14 and pivot 19.

I claim as my inventioni l 1. The combination, with a suitable supporting structure, of a bin mounted therein and slidably supported near its lower corner, a swinginglink pivoted lin the supporting structure, vand 'a separable connection lbetween said link and the inner end of the bin,`

and slidably supported near its lower corner,

a vswinging link pivoted in the supporting structure, a separable connection between said link and the inner end of the bin, and interengaging portions between said bin and linkserving to prevent separation except in one position of the bin relative to the link.

3. The combination, with a suitable supporting' structure, of a bin slidably mounted therein, a link pivotally mounted in said structure, a separable pin-and-hook connection between said link and the inner end of the bin, and means `for preventing separation of said pin-and-hook connection except in one position.

4. The combination, with a suitable sup porting structure, of a bin slidably mounted .Patented June vi9, 190e.

Application ile. October '7, 1905. Serial No. 281,853.

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therein, a tting attached to the innerl end of In Witness whereof I have hereunto set 1n said bin and provided With a pin 16 partiall hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, thls guarded by-a guard 15', and a pivoted 1in 27th day of Se tember, A.. D. 1905.

'mounted Within the structure and provided WIL IAM C. HORN ER. [L.s.1 5 with a hooked end adapted to ass between Witnesses:

the pin and guard, substantial y as and for ARTHUR M. I-IOOD,

JAMES A. WALSH the purpose set forth. 

